Honeymoon over as coalition’s lead slips in latest poll

The Coalition’s post-election honeymoon period appears to have ended as the party’s lead over Labor slips amid economic and climate change concerns, the latest Newspoll shows.

The Coalition is still ruling with a 51-49 per cent two-party preferred lead over Labor, as shown by a Newspoll published in The Australian newspaper on Monday.

But the latest survey results show the party has suffered a two-point drop in the two-party preferred vote since is electoral gains in July, when the government extended its lead over Labor 53-47 per cent.